El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
| Metric | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 | Q3'21 | Q2'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 13.01M | 13.91M | 15.29M | 14.14M | 4.74M | 5.63M | 13.03M | 16.95M | 11.16M | 8.18M | 10.71M | 17.98M | 3.82M | 16.64M | 10.09M | 14.13M | -2.31M | 9.77M | 15.71M | 19.23M |
| Operating CF Margin % | 10.31% | 11.26% | 12.59% | 11.23% | 3.97% | 4.93% | 10.82% | 13.88% | 9.61% | 7.29% | 8.9% | 14.8% | 3.33% | 14.36% | 8.41% | 11.38% | -2.09% | 8.96% | 13.58% | 15.76% |
| Operating CF Growth % | 174.72% | 146.85% | 17.38% | -16.62% | -57.58% | -31.1% | 21.62% | -5.69% | 192.3% | -50.85% | 6.21% | 27.27% | 265.68% | 70.39% | -35.78% | -26.53% | -131.16% | 38.97% | -29.99% | 3.32% |
| Net Income | 8.16M | 6.54M | 7.36M | 7.11M | 5.48M | 5.95M | 6.19M | 7.63M | 5.91M | 4.35M | 9.23M | 7.06M | 4.92M | 6.54M | 5.01M | 7.14M | 2.12M | 6.18M | 10.16M | 8.82M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 4.31M | 4.18M | 3.97M | 3.93M | 3.89M | 3.96M | 4.03M | 3.87M | 3.85M | 3.96M | 3.95M | 3.69M | 3.64M | 3.67M | 3.53M | 3.62M | 3.6M | 3.64M | 3.69M | 3.92M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 0 | 1.28M | 1.37M | 1.7M | 1.05M | 1.03M | 1.08M | 897K | 920K | 425K | 926K | 842K | 771K | 685K | 1.01M | 970K | 826K | 284K | 1.04M | 1.04M |
| Deferred Taxes | 1.26M | 0 | 4.8M | -659K | 0 | -3.15M | 70K | 263K | -65K | -232K | 994K | -352K | 601K | 2.16M | 1.14M | 2.03M | -1.17M | -942K | 1.13M | 1.22M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | 1.43M | -1.12M | 121K | 91K | -1.35M | 211K | 130K | 77K | 89K | 947K | -3.88M | 5K | -99K | -675K | 326K | 269K | 218K | 168K | 190K | 2.04M |
| Working Capital Changes | -2.15M | 3.03M | -2.32M | 1.97M | -4.33M | -2.38M | 1.53M | 4.21M | 456K | -1.27M | -502K | 6.73M | -6.01M | 4.26M | -930K | 94K | -7.89M | 443K | -496K | 2.2M |
| Change in Receivables | -2.4M | -952K | 1.74M | 532K | -3.06M | 1.14M | -482K | 334K | -312K | -678K | 1.82M | 863K | -2.22M | 6.32M | -947K | 53K | -645K | -1.9M | 562K | 2.56M |
| Change in Inventory | 117K | -74K | -8K | 122K | 88K | -87K | -109K | -6K | 175K | 128K | 2K | 66K | 335K | -233K | 40K | 113K | -45K | -191K | -100K | -99K |
| Change in Payables | -6.42M | 5.5M | -4.59M | 3.72M | 173K | 2.07M | -2.88M | 2.99M | -2.73M | 1.83M | -4.7M | -289K | -806K | 2.69M | 1.74M | 392K | -846K | 3.04M | 50K | -3.37M |
| Cash from Investing | -10.25M | -8.82M | -5.38M | -5.04M | -3.39M | -4.5M | -3.89M | -6.42M | -4.12M | -6.04M | 1.49M | -3.22M | -5.68M | -5.89M | -4.19M | -5.06M | -3.77M | -4.34M | -3.87M | 985K |
| Capital Expenditures | -10.25M | -8.82M | -5.38M | -5.04M | -3.39M | -4.5M | -3.89M | -6.53M | -4.16M | -6.04M | -6.06M | -3.26M | -5.98M | -6.89M | -4.19M | -5.06M | -3.77M | -4.34M | -3.87M | -3.57M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 8.12% | 7.14% | 4.43% | 4% | 2.84% | 3.94% | 3.23% | 5.34% | 3.58% | 5.38% | 5.03% | 2.68% | 5.22% | 5.95% | 3.5% | 4.08% | 3.43% | 3.99% | 3.35% | 2.93% |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100K | 0 | 0 | 7.55M | 13K | 162K | 1M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41K | 0 | 0 | 25K | 138K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.56M |
| Cash from Financing | -5.09M | -9.73M | -8.03M | -4.43M | 493K | -6.54M | -11.71M | -9.19M | -5.21M | -8.67M | -8.57M | -9.36M | -13.84M | -9.53M | -20.93M | -206K | 1.48M | -48K | 208K | -14.26M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | -7.06M | -10.05M | -8.05M | -4.06M | 1.94M | -5.05M | -11.05M | 6.95M | -4.05M | 3.96M | 19.96M | -38K | -8.04M | -38K | -20.04M | -38K | -48K | -48K | -47K | -13.84M |
| Equity Issued (Net) | 2.19M | 571K | 83K | -68K | -1.35M | -1.26M | -1.09M | -15.98M | -1.16M | -12.63M | -28.83M | -12.11M | -5.85M | -79K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -55.57M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | 0 | 1K | 0 | -68K | -1.77M | -1.26M | -1.09M | -17.04M | -1.16M | -12.6M | -28.83M | -12.11M | -5.85M | -79K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Financing | -210K | -246K | -56K | -308K | -101K | -228K | 434K | -148K | 0 | 0 | 301K | 2.78M | 43K | 46.16M | -894K | -168K | 1.53M | 0 | 255K | -420K |
| Net Change in Cash | -2.33M | -4.64M | 1.88M | 4.67M | 1.84M | -5.41M | -2.57M | 1.34M | 1.83M | -6.53M | 3.63M | 5.39M | -15.7M | 1.22M | -15.04M | 8.86M | -4.59M | 5.38M | 12.04M | 5.96M |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.76M | 5.09M | 9.91M | 9.1M | 1.35M | 1.13M | 9.14M | 10.43M | 7M | 2.14M | 4.65M | 14.72M | -2.16M | 9.75M | 5.9M | 9.07M | -6.08M | 5.42M | 11.84M | 15.65M |
| FCF Margin % | 2.19% | 4.12% | 8.15% | 7.23% | 1.13% | 0.99% | 7.59% | 8.54% | 6.03% | 1.91% | 3.86% | 12.12% | -1.89% | 8.41% | 4.92% | 7.3% | -5.52% | 4.98% | 10.23% | 12.83% |
| FCF Growth % | 105.05% | 349.29% | 8.45% | -12.75% | -80.77% | -47.2% | 96.39% | -29.15% | 423.97% | -78% | -21.08% | 62.36% | 64.44% | 79.67% | -50.19% | -42.09% | -383.84% | 15.75% | -42.45% | -11.86% |
| FCF per Share | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.41 | -0.06 | 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.25 | -0.17 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.43 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 1.59x | 2.13x | 2.08x | 1.99x | 0.86x | 0.95x | 2.11x | 2.22x | 1.89x | 1.88x | 1.16x | 2.55x | 0.78x | 2.55x | 2.01x | 1.98x | -1.09x | 1.58x | 1.55x | 2.18x |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 0 | 1.04M | 1.25M | 0 | 1.2M | 1.63M | 1.47M | 0 | 1.26M | 1.48M | 1.06M | 1.01M | 631K | 288K | 295K | 236K | 238K | 230K | 264K |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 3K | 9.92M | 0 | -6.91M | 1.99M | 4.92M | 0 | 7.67M | 9K | 45K | 0 | 0 | 3K | 5.09M | 5K | 1.88M | 1.99M | 2.09M |